Holyhead-based councillor, Glyn Haynes, was unanimously selected to the ceremonial role during Tuesday’s full council meeting.
First elected in 2017 as a Labour councillor for the Caergybi ward, Cllr Haynes is an active trade union activist, spending 20 years at sea before working at Eaton/MEM Electrical and becoming a full-time Union Convenor before being made redundant.
Unanimously selected after two years serving as Cllr Margaret Murley Roberts’ deputy, he compared the honour to his beloved Everton “winning the FA Cup or Premier League!”
Announcing his nominated charity as St David’s Hospice at Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley in Holyhead, Cllr Haynes said: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow councillors for electing me and giving me the honour and privilege of serving the people of Ynys Môn as the County Council’s civic head for 2021 to 2022.